Jane Kennedy: Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the HM Revenue & Customs total DEL will be increased by £76,487,000 from £4,547,630,000 to £4,624,117,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £'000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 91,487 -15,000 4,146,645 393,013 4,539,658 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget(1) 92,487 -15,000 4,396,533 45,047 4,441,607 
			 Near-cash in RDEL(1) 63,227 -15,000 3,770,975 427,161 4,198,136 
			 Capital(2) - - 263,971 3,739 267,710 
			 Less Depreciation(3) - - -183,251 - -183,251 
			 Total DEL 91,487 -15,000 4,227,365 396,752 4,624,117 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  (2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	£44,500,000 administration costs, from the Modernisation Fund to modernise and transform HMRC.
	£30,000,000 administration near cash costs, from the DEL Reserve to expand call centre capacity.
	£1,587,000 administration near cash costs transferred from the Cabinet Office in respect of Parliamentary Counsel Office Funding.
	£1,400,000 take up of end year flexibility (EYF) in accordance withthe Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (CM 7156). This is from programme expenditure EYF, agreed to be spent as administration costs.
	£1,000,000 programme near cash expenditure transferred to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).
	The change in the administration budget arises from the changes detailed in the resource element above excluding the £1,000,000 programme transfer to SOCA.

John Hutton: Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's DEL will be reduced by £3,748,144,000 from £7,144,961,000 to £3,396,817,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £9,740,000 from £316,969,000 to £326,709,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £'000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource -1,243,051 -2,519,614 -645,427 2,874,567 2,229,140 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget(1) 9,740  626,709  326,709 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL(2) -1,233,909 -2,383,626 -798,609 2,930,512 2,131,903 
			 Capital -376,226 390,747 -698,824 1,866,501 1,167,677 
			 Less Depreciation(3) 3,170 55,115 -38,275 -9,129 -47,404 
			 Total DEL -1,616,107 -2,073,752 1,382,526 4,731,939 3,349,413 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  (2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	RfR1
	i) Machinery of Government transfer of £6,146,000 voted expenditure and £1,955,000 non-voted receipts to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the UK Intellectual Property Office;
	ii) Machinery of Government transfer of £6,370,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Design Council;
	iii) Machinery of Government transfer of £168,300,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the Technology Strategy;
	iv) Machinery of Government transfer of £296,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory;
	v) Machinery of Government transfer of £27,650,000 to theDepartment for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of Space;
	vi) Machinery of Government transfer of £3,500,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of Civil Aircraft Research and Demonstration;
	vii) Machinery of Government transfer of £57,573,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the National Measurement System;
	viii) Machinery of Government transfer of £56,788,000 to theDepartment for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of Standards, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, Legacy Schemes, Corporate Social Responsibility;
	ix) Machinery of Government transfer of £1,000,000 to theDepartment for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of UK Intellectual Property Office for legal costs;
	x) Machinery of Government transfer of £214,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory;
	xi) Increase of £2,762,000 in respect of an award from the Financial Inclusion Fund for face to face debt advice;
	xii) Transfer of £4,000,000 from the Ministry of Defence in respect of Global Threat Reduction;
	xiii) Virement of £5,671,000 from voted to non-voted expenditure in respect of the Regional Development Agencies reflecting increased contributions from other Government Departments;
	xiv) Virement of £50,000,000 from non-voted expenditure in respect of the Regional Development Agencies to provide for voted pressures with regard to sustainability and business programmes following the Machinery of Government changes;
	xv) Reclassification to capital of £728,383,000 of non-voted expenditure in respect of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority;
	xvi) Virement of £833,811,000 from voted to non-voted expenditure in respect of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority reflecting increased commercial income;
	xvii) Virement of £1,000,000 from voted expenditure on the Small Business Service to non-voted expenditure in respect of the Regional Development Agencies;
	xviii) Virement of £2,000,000 from voted expenditure of the Insolvency Service to non-voted expenditure in respect of the Local Better Regulation Office;
	xix) Reclassification of £68,000,000 from Annually Managed Expenditure to Departmental Expenditure Limit in respect of a subsidy to the Royal Mail for losses/restructuring;
	RfR2
	i) Machinery of Government transfer of £41,072,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the Royal Society;
	ii) Machinery of Government transfer of £9,752,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the Royal Academy of Engineering;
	iii) Machinery of Government transfer of £21,385,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the British Academy;
	iv) Machinery of Government transfer of £6,000,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of OSI Initiatives;
	v) Machinery of Government transfer of £11,395,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of Science and Society;
	vi) Machinery of Government transfer of £104,000,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of Knowledge Transfer (Higher Education Innovation Fund and Exploitation of Discoveries at Public Sector Research Establishments);
	vii) Machinery of Government transfer of £97,343,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Arts and Humanities Research Council;
	viii) Machinery of Government transfer of £340,825,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council;
	ix) Machinery of Government transfer of £144,265,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Economic and Social Research Council;
	x) Machinery of Government transfer of £667,070,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
	xi) Machinery of Government transfer of £490,040,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Medical Research Council;
	xii) Machinery of Government transfer of £354,613,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Natural Environment Research Council;
	xiii) Machinery of Government transfer of £5,572,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted EU-related receipts of the Natural Environment Research Council;
	xiv) Machinery of Government transfer of £483,808,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Science and Technology Facilities Council;
	xv) Machinery of Government transfer of non-voted expenditure of £3,300,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of EURATOM (European Fusion);
	xvi) Machinery of Government transfer of non-voted expenditure of £4,306,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of Departmental Unallocated Provision;
	Also within the change to resource DEL, the changes to the administration budget are (RfR1):
	i) Machinery of Government transfer of £11,429,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of the Better Regulation Executive;
	ii) Machinery of Government transfer of £14,690,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of innovation;
	iii) Machinery of Government transfer of £641,000 from the Department for Communities and Local Government in respect of regional activities;
	iv) Transfer of £125,000 to the Department for Communities and Local Government in respect of a correction to the Women's Equality Unit Machinery of Government transfer made in 2006/07;
	v) Transfer of £1,685,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of the Parliamentary Counsel Office;
	vi) Reclassification of £20,000,000 from programme to administration expenditure in respect of revised treatment of consultancy fees and contract charges;
	vii) Reclassification of £700,000 from voted administration to non-voted programme expenditure in respect of the Regional Development Agencies;
	RfR2:
	i) Machinery of Government transfer of £3,500,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the Science and Engineering Base;
	ii) Machinery of Government transfer of £5,000,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the Transdepartmental Science and Technology Group;
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
	RfR1
	i) Machinery of Government transfer of £ 166,000 receipts to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the UK Intellectual Property Office;
	ii) Machinery of Government transfer of £10,000,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the Technology Strategy;
	iii) Machinery of Government transfer of £231,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory;
	iv) Machinery of Government transfer of £9,867,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the National Measurement System;
	v) Increase of £639,000 to the Regional Development Agencies in relation to the Leeds UDC Dowry;
	vi) Reclassification from resource of £728,383,000 of non-voted expenditure in respect of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority;
	vii) Virement of £57,284,000 from voted to non-voted expenditure in respect of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority reflecting increased commercial income;
	viii) Utilisation of £78,000,000 from the unused balance of the Department's EYF entitlement for renewable energy;
	ix) Transfer of £78,000,000 from the renewable energy budget to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills for Science purposes;
	x) Virement of £10,000 from voted Regional Selective Assistance expenditure to non-voted expenditure in respect of the Local Better Regulation Office.
	RfR2
	i) Machinery of Government transfer of £300,000,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the Science Research Investment Fund;
	ii) Machinery of Government transfer of £1,000,000 of receipts to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council;
	iii) Machinery of Government transfer of £55,231,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council;
	iv) Machinery of Government transfer of £7,950,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Economic and Social Research Council;
	v) Machinery of Government transfer of £67,826,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council;
	vi) Machinery of Government transfer of £69,468,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Medical Research Council;
	vii) Machinery of Government transfer of £54,765,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Natural Environment Research Council;
	viii) Machinery of Government transfer of £134,008,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of non-voted expenditure of the Science and Technology Facilities Council;
	ix) Machinery of Government transfer of non-voted expenditure of £6,321,000 to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in respect of Departmental Unallocated Provision.
	Postal Services Commission
	The Postal Services Commission net cash requirement will be increased by £1,517,000 from £1,000 to £1,518,000. There is no impact on resource or capital DEL as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 New DEL 
			 £'000 
			  Change Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource 0 1 0 1 
			 Of which: 
			 Administration Budget(1) 0 1 0 1 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL(2) 0 -866 0 -866 
			 Capital 0 460 0 460 
			 Less Depreciation(3) 0 -772 0 -772 
			 Total DEL 0 -311 0 -311 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  (2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.  (3)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the net cash requirement is a result of a forecast decrease in end-year creditors which is higher than the original forecast in the Main Estimate.
	Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
	Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office of Gas and Electricity Market's DEL will be increased by £1,000 from £1,651,000 to £1,652,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £211,000 from £491,000 to £702,000.
	
		
			 New DEL 
			 £'000 
			  Change Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource 0 702 0 702 
			 Of which: 
			 Administration Budget(1) 1 702 0 702 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL(2) 1 -93 991 898 
			 Capital 0 950 0 950 
			 Less Depreciation(3) 0 -1000 0 -1000 
			 Total DEL 0 652 0 652 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  (2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.  (3)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from a token increase in administration costs to cover an increase of £356,000 in expenditure offset by an increase of £355,000 in A in A. Additionally there is a reclassification of £210,000 from programme to administration costs.
	There is no change in the capital element of the DEL.

Edward Balls: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Children, Schools and Families Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be decreased by £14,106,193,000 from £64,665,498,000 to £50,559,305,000, the administration cost budget will be decreased by £45,221,000 from £237,698,000 to £192,477,000. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) which has a separate Estimate and DEL, will be increased by £16,790,000 from £205,000,000 to £221,790,000 the administration cost budget will be increased by £485,000 from £28,470,000 to £28,955,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 DCFS Resources Capital(2) 
			  Change New DEL Ofwhich: Voted Non-voted Change New DEL Ofwhich: Voted Non- voted 
			  £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 
			 RfRl -12,934,650 43,318,471 42,329,619 988,852 -1,166,643 5,296,255 3,835,171 1,461,084 
			 RfR2 -4,900 1,223,054 1,223,054 0 0 531,425 531,425 0 
			 RfR3 0 190,100 190,100 0 0 0 0 0 
			 DCSF Total -12,939,550 44,731,625 43,742,773 988,852 -1,166,643 5,827,680 4,366,596 1,461,084 
			 OFSTED 16,409 220,809 220,809 0 381 981 981 0 
			 Sub Total -12,923,141 44,952,434 43,963,582 988,852 -1,166,262 5,828,661 4,367,577 1,461,084 
			 Of which Admin Budget(1) -44,736 221,432 221,432 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -11,498,273 44,965,105 43,941,361 1,023,744 0 0 0 0 
			 Depreciation(3) 24,200 -11,099 -9,943 -1,156 0 0 0 0 
			 Total -12,898,941 44,941,335 43,953,639 987,696 -1,166,262 5,828,661 4,367,577 1,461,084 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  (2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	Within the Administration Cost budget changes, the impact is set out in the following table:
	
		
			 DfES Original Change Revised 
			  £'000 £'000 £'000 
			 DfES (RfRl) 237,698 -45,221 192,477 
			 OFSTED 28,470 485 28,955 
			 Total 266,168 -44,736 221,432 
		
	
	Department for Children, Schools and Families
	Resource DEL
	The decrease in the resource element of the DEL of £12,939,550,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of the resource DEL of £3,950,322,000 and a decrease of £16,889,872,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL mainly in the Department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
	Voted Resource DEL
	The £3,950,322,000 increase in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
	RFR1
	Following the machinery of government changes, a net movement of £4,297,101,000 from non-voted resource DEL to fund departmental programmes through the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), a transfer of £25,600,000 from the Home Office for the Respect programmes.
	A movement from RfR2, £2,400,000 in respect of Early Years in Maintained schools.
	A movement of £373,089,000 to non-voted resource DEL to support the machinery of government change.
	A draw down from central funds of £4,661,000 to match departmental non-cash DEL with agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.
	A transfer from the Cabinet Office £549,000 administration for the Parliamentary Council Office.
	A transfer to the Department of Culture, Media and Sports £2,000,000 for Museum and Galleries.
	RFR2
	A movement of £2,400,000 to RfRl in respect of Early Years in Maintained schools.
	A movement of £2,500,000 to non-voted resource DEL in respect of the National College for Schools Leadership.
	Non-voted resource DEL
	The £16,889,872,000 decrease in Non-voted resource DEL arises from:
	Following the machinery of government changes, a net movement of £17,247,858,000 to DIUS.
	A transfer of £15,924,000 to the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) to take on the role of the former Adult Learning Inspectorate.
	A movement of £373,089,000 from voted resource DEL to support the machinery of government change.
	A movement of £2,500,000 from RfR2 for the National College for Schools Leadership.
	Giving up to central funds £1,679,000 to match departmental non-cash DEL with agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.
	Capital DEL
	The decrease in the capital element of the DEL of £1,166,643,000 arises from a £458,447,000 increase in the voted element of capital DEL and a decrease of £1,625,090,000 in the non-voted element of capital DEL.
	Voted Capital DEL
	The £458,477,000 decrease in the voted element of the capital DEL arises from:
	RFR1
	Following the machinery of government changes, an increase in voted DEL of £456,700 as part of the exercise to move provision to DIUS.
	Technical adjustment to move £1,234,000 to non-voted to match departmental capital DEL with agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.
	A technical adjustment to move £2,981,000 from non-voted capital DEL to match agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.
	Non-voted Capital DEL
	The £1,625,090,000 decrease in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:
	A net movement of £1,622,962,000 to DIUS following the machinery of government changes.
	A transfer of £381,000 to the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) to take on the role of the former Adult Learning Inspectorate.
	Technical adjustment to move £1,234,000 from voted to match departmental capital DEL with agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.
	A technical adjustment to move £2,981,000 to voted capital DEL to match agreed Comprehensive Spending Review aggregates.
	Administration Cost Budget
	Following the machinery of government changes, a transfer of £43,450,000 to DIUS.
	Following the machinery of government changes, a transfer of £1,400,000 from the Home Office for the Respect programme.
	Reclassification of £3,720,000 from administration costs to programme expenditure for the Academy programme.
	A transfer of £549,000 from the Cabinet Office for the Parliamentary Council Office.
	Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
	Voted Resource DEL
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £485,000 from the Ministry of Justice for the inspection of the Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service.
	A transfer of £15,924,000 from DCSF for inspection services relating to work-based learning and training and adult community learning.
	Voted Capital DEL
	A transfer of £381,000 from DCSF for to meet IT and accommodation costs associated with inspection services relating to work-based learning and training and adult community learning.
	Administration Cost Budget
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £485,000 from the Ministry of Justice for the inspection of the Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service.

Hazel Blears: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2007-08 will change as follows:
	1. The Department for Communities and Local Government's Main Programmes DEL will be increased by £162,822,000 from £10,211,203,000 to £10,374,025,000 and the administration budget will also be increased by £5,245,000 from £290,762,000 to £296,007,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 19,184 -21,694 4,124,326 196,006 4,320,332 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration budget(1) 5,245  296,007  296,007 
			 Near-cash in RDEL 14,312 -16,233 4,075,671 116,369 4,192,040 
			 Capital(2) 9,362 147,307 2,493,458 3,600,305 6,093,763 
			 Depreciatio(3) -2,107 10,770 -28,547 -11,523 -40,070 
			 Total 26,439 136,383 6,589,237 3,784,788 10,374,025 
			 (1) The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in resource DEL' figures may well he greater than total resource DEL due to the definitions overlapping. (2) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets (3) Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	(i) take up of End Year Flexibility of £49,894,000 comprising :
	Programme Expenditure
	(a) £1,476,000 from the Invest to Save Budget comprising £463,000 for a project for Homelessness; £682,000 for the Transactional European Regional Development Fund and State- Aid project and £331,000 for the Cheshire Project for Fire Services
	(b) £ 1,048,000 for Home Buying and Selling;
	(c) £2,015,000 for Procurement Efficiency and Social Housing programme;
	(d) £4,000,000 for Safer and Stronger Communities Fund;
	(e) £6,500,000 for the non voted Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) start up costs, The money is subsequently to be transferred to the Government Equalities Office;
	(f) £8,265,000 for New Deal for Communities;
	(g) £382,000 for Disabled Facilities Grant;
	(h) £13,390,000 for Local Area Agreements;
	(i) £9,818,000 to fund staff early exits in the central Department and the Government Offices,
	Administration costs
	(j) £3,000,000 for central administration costs to cover the work of the Department for Communities and Local Government.
	(ii) a transfer of £1,700,000 from Fire Publicity- (Main DEL) Request for Resources (RfR 1) to Best Value Inspection (Local Government DEL -RfR2) to support Audit Commission Comprehensive Performance Assessment Inspection work on Fire and Rescue Authorities.
	(iii) a transfer of £10,000.000 to Resource from Capital for flood recovery.
	(iv) a net transfer of £60,704,000 to other Government Departments, comprising:
	To Other Government Departments
	Programme Expenditure
	(a) £62,949,000 to reflect Machinery of Government Changes moving funding for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights and other Equalities functions to the Government Equalities Office (GEO).
	Administration Costs (Central Department)
	(b) £4,526,000 to reflect Machinery of Government Changes comprising £641,000 to the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) for regional policy administrative functions and £3,885,000 to the Government Equalities Office for Equalities functions.
	From Other Government Departments
	Administration Costs (Central Department)
	(c) £806,000 from the former Deputy Prime Minister's Office to cover staff transferring back to the Department;
	(d) £538,000 to reflect the transfer of £125,000 from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform for outstanding staff and accommodation costs from previous Machinery of Government changes and £413,000 from the Cabinet Office for the work of Parliamentary Counsel.
	Administration Costs (Government Offices)
	(e) £624,000 from the Department for Transport as a contribution to costs of staff early exits;
	(f) £4,039,000 from the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs for work on their core agenda; and
	(g) £764,000 from the Cabinet Office for work by the Government Offices for the Office of the Third Sector.
	(v) an increase in receipts of £576,383,000 offsetting increases in provision of £553,217,000 for Local Area Agreements; £2,260,000 for Ordnance Survey trading fund; £120,000 for Residential Property Tribunal Service; £1,140,000 for Adult Facing Chronic Exclusion;£250,000 for Community Empowerment £5,000,000 for Payments for Data Mapping Services; £14,861,000 for Government Offices; £1,106,000 for Central Administration other current expenditure and £206,000 for Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and reduction of £490,000 for Emergency Fire Service and £1,287,000 for Fire Services
	(vi) a net transfer of £11,844,000 from voted to non voted provision comprising:
	From voted to non-voted provision
	(a) £3,100,000 from Other Growth Areas direct funding to the non-voted West Northamptonshire Urban Development Corporation budget, reflecting their role in delivering Other Growth Area projects.
	(b) £10,100,000 from Thames Gateway direct funding to non voted Thurrock Urban Development Corporation (£5,000,000) and London UDC (£5,100,000) budgets for Thames Gateway projects;
	(c) £2,557,000 (non cash) from the Central Administration budget to non-voted programme Departmental Unallocated Provision to offset increase in administration near cash budgets.
	(d) £300,000 to non voted Housing Corporation towards the National Register of Social Housing (NROSH) project.
	(e) £2,000,000 from Energy Performance Certificates to the non voted Housing Corporation budget to allow the corporation to run a programme for the Registered Social Landlords sector for issuing Energy Performance Certificates following the launch of Home Information Packs on 1 August 2007;
	(f) £1,006,000 from various programmes to the non-voted Housing Corporation budget to cover the Housing Corporation's increasing pension costs through the Westminster Pension Fund;
	(g) £190,000 from housing management grants to the non-voted Leasehold advisory service (LEASE) budget to enable them to meet existing commitments.
	From non- voted to voted provision
	(h) £7,409,000 from Departmental Unallocated Provision to voted programme comprising £1,255,000 to National Register of Social Housing to cover non cash costs; £500,000 to Coalfields Enterprise Fund to cover the cost of capital: £3,000,000 to E-planning to meet cost of capital charges and depreciation; £1,445,000 to Thames Gateway to cover previously unbudgeted non-cash costs; £143,000 to Residential Property Tribunal Service to cover unforeseen non-cash costs; £190,000 to supporting people administration to cover forecast cost of capital and depreciation charges and £876,000 to Fire Service College.
	The change in the administration budget arises from a take up of End of Year Flexibility of £3,000,000 (see above section (i)) to cover the work of the central Department ; a net transfer from other Government Departments of £2,245,000 (see above section (iv)).
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from
	(vii) a take up of EYF of £241,295,000 comprising :
	Programme Expenditure
	(a) £4,000,000 for Thames Gateway ;
	(b) £80,000,000 for Gap Funding for Large Scale Voluntary Transfers;
	(c) £500,000 for Coalfield Regeneration Trust;
	(d) £282,000 for European Regional Development Fund from the Invest to Save Budget;
	(e) £1,500,000 for Gypsy Site Grant;
	(f) £2,949,000 for Housing Market Renewal Fund;
	(g) £9,500,000 for New Deal for Communities;
	(h) £6,184,000 for Disabled Facilities Grant (a demand led grant);
	(i) £7,000,000 for Commission for Equalities and Human Rights start up costs; money to be transferred subsequently to Government Equalities Office;
	(j) £2,929,000 for Local Area Agreements;
	(k) £7,000,000 as part of the floods recovery package;
	(1) £80,451,000 to transfer to the Department for Culture Media and Sport in respect of the Department's contribution towards the Olympics preparation infrastructure costs;
	(m) £39,000,000 for Arms Length Management organisations.
	(viii) a transfer of £10,000,000 from Capital to Resource for flood recovery;
	(ix) a transfer of £13,000,000 to Request for Resources (RFR1) from RFR2 and non voted provision (Local Government DEL) to support the Flood Recovery programme comprising £8,000,000 from Local Government Public Service Agreements and £5,000,000 from the non voted Commutation programme;
	(x) a transfer of £87,626.000 to other Government Departments comprising
	Programm e Expenditure
	(a) £80,451,000 from End of Year Flexibility to the Department for Culture Media and Sport in respect of the Department's contribution towards the Olympics preparation infrastructure costs.
	(b) £7,175,000 to reflect Machinery of Government Changes for the transfer of the equalities functions to Government Equalities Office.
	(xi) Within the capital element of the DEL there is a net transfer of £108.482,000 from voted to non voted provision comprising ;
	(a) £13,900,000 from Growth Areas direct funding to non-voted West Northamptonshire Urban Development Corporation, reflecting their role in delivering Other Growth Area projects.;
	(b) £2,449,000 from Growth Areas to non-voted English Partnerships, mainly for the Bedford Western Bypass;
	(c) £4,490,000 from Thames Gateway direct funding to the South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA) for Thames Gateway projects;
	(d) £1,699,000 from Thames Gateway direct funding to the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) for Thames Gateway projects;
	(e) £2,100,000 from Thames Gateway direct funding to non voted Housing Corporation for Thames Gateway projects;
	(f) £10,704,000 from Thames Gateway direct funding to English Partnerships for Thames Gateway projects;
	(g) £24,150,000 from Thames Gateway direct funding to Thurrock UDC for Thames Gateway projects;
	(h) £48,990,000 from Thames Gateway direct funding to London UDC for Thames Gateway projects;
	(2) The Department for Communities and Local Government (Local Government) DEL will be decreased by £11,800,000 from £22,955,916,000 to £22,944,116,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change NEW DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 1,700 — 22,711,011 103,854 22,814,865 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration budget(1)  
			 Near-cash in RDEL 1,700 -575 22,711,011 103,279 22,814,290 
			 Capital (2) -8,000 -5,000 126,251 3,500 129,751 
			 Depreciation(3) — -500 0 -500 -500 
			 Total -6,300 -5,500 22,837,262 106,854 22,944,116 
			 (1) The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL due to the definitions overlapping. (2) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets (3) Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	(i) a transfer of £1,700,000 to Best Value Inspection - Request for Resources (Local Government DEL - RFR2 ) from Fire Publicity (Main DEL - RfRl) to support Audit Commission Comprehensive Performance Assessment inspection work on Fire and Rescue Authorities.
	(ii) an increase in receipts of £34,000,000 offsetting increases on expenditure comprising of £1,500,000 for Local Government on Line as contribution from the Department for Education and Skills and the Department of Health to support digital challenge; and £32,500,000 for Local Government Public Service Agreements.
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from
	(iii) a transfer of £13,000,000 from Local Government DEL to Main DEL to support the costs of the flood recovery grants comprising £8,000,000 from Local Government Public Service Agreements and £5,000,000 from the non-voted commutation budget.

James Purnell: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £143,977,000 from £1,864,054,000 to £2,008,031,000 and the administration cost limit will increase by £5,316,000 from £50,258,000 to £55,574,000. Within the DEL change the impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table:
	
		
			 Departmental Expenditure Limits and Administration Budgets. 
			  Change New DEL £'000 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -78,837 122,298 91,691 1,515,717 1,607,408 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget* 5,316  55,270  55,574 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -78,837 122,298 83,173 1,335,626 1,418,799 
			 Capital** 5,685 94,831 28,997 473,356 502,353 
			 Less Depreciation - - -5,942 -95,788 -101,730 
			 Total -73,152 217,129 114,746 1,893,285 2,008,031 
			 * The total of Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  **Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets,  ***Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	Take up of £34,996,000 End Year flexibility: (£5,996,000) Arts Council of England; (£2,000,000) English Heritage and (£27,000,000) resource DEL cover for the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games.
	Transfers from other Government Departments of: £2,000,000 from Department for Children, Schools and Families for Strategic Commissioning; £1,000,000 from Department for International Development to UK Sport for Olympic projects; £149,000 from Ministry of Defence for the Pattern Room collection and £316,000 from Cabinet Office to cover baseline costs of the Parliamentary Council.
	The administration cost limit has increased by £5,316,000 from £50,258,000 to £55,574,000. This is as a result of a transfer from Cabinet Office of £316,000 detailed above and the take up of £5,000,000 Administration End Year Flexibility.
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility of £20,000,000: (£10,000,000) for the Natural History Museum, Darwin Centre and (£10,000,000) for the Museums for agreed funding plans.
	A transfer of £80,451,000 from the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Olympic Development Authority for Olympic Costs.
	Grants from the Invest to Save budget of £65,000 to Sport England to fund Street Cage Soccer.

Jim Murphy: The General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will be held on 19-20 November in Brussels. I will represent the UK at the Foreign Ministers discussions. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Des Browne) and My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Douglas Alexander) will attend the Defence and Development Ministers' discussions.
	The agenda items are as follows:
	Foreign Ministers
	General Affairs
	Preparation of the European Council on 13-14 December
	The Council is expected to discuss the draft annotated agenda for the European Council in December on 13-14 December. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister explained to Parliament on 22 October the priority for the EU now must be the global challenges we face: employment, prosperity, competitiveness, climate change, and security. The Government look forward to the European Council addressing these issues when they meet next month.
	Maritime Policy
	The Commission is expected to brief the Council on maritime policy. The Government consider it important to maintain and promote the competitiveness of the EU maritime sector as part of the Lisbon Agenda.
	Commission Legislative Work Programme 2008
	The Council is expected to discuss the Commission Legislative Work Programme 2008, which the Government welcome, given its focus on delivering results, better regulation, tackling climate change, and promoting jobs and growth.
	External Relations
	Preparation of the EU Summits with China and India
	The Council is expected to discuss preparation for the EU Summits with China and India on 28 and 30 November respectively. The Government want the Joint Statements for the Summits to cover climate security, including a commitment to work towards a low carbon future and a successful outcome at the UN climate change Conference in Bali, 3-14 December 2007. The Government will also want the Summits to discuss Burma and to encourage all neighbours to bring their influence to bear on contributing towards a democratic and stable Burma.
	Preparation of the EU Summit with Africa
	The Council is expected to discuss preparation for the EU Summit with Africa on 8 December including the endorsement of the EU Africa Joint Strategy and the Action Plan, which the Government support, and discussion of governance and human rights issues at the Summit. The Government will argue for a substantive discussion of these issues, including the situation in Zimbabwe.
	Pakistan
	The Council is expected to discuss the State of Emergency in Pakistan. The Government believe it is important the EU maintains pressure on President Musharraf to restore the Constitution, as set out in the EU Declaration of 6 November.
	Middle East
	The Council is expected to discuss an Action Plan outlining ways the EU can provide further practical support to the Middle East Peace Process, which the Government welcome. The Council is expected to adopt Conclusions highlighting support for the Annapolis meeting in late November.
	The Council is expected to discuss Lebanon in light of political tensions surrounding the forthcoming Presidential elections.
	Iran
	High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, is expected to brief the Council on his contacts with the Iranian authorities, and his report to E3+3 Ministers (Germany, France, UK, China, Russia and the US), which we expect him to deliver before the GAERC. Ministers are expected to reaffirm the commitment they made at the October GAERC to consider, after recommendations from Working Groups, the further steps the EU can take to support the agreed twin track international approach to the Iranian nuclear issue. The Government believe it is crucial that Iran complies with its international obligations and the twin track approach is the best way to achieve this goal.
	Iraq
	The Council is expected to discuss EU engagement with Iraq. The Government welcome discussion of the EU's financial, technical and political support towards a secure and stable Iraq. It also welcomes Foreign Minister Zebari's invitation to the Council and the opportunity this presents for the EU to step up its engagement.
	Western Balkans
	Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger is expected to brief the Council on progress in talks between the Troika (EU, Russia and US) and Belgrade and Pristina to secure a negotiated settlement on the status of Kosovo. The Council is likely to adopt Conclusions reaffirming its support for ongoing efforts by the Troika to reach agreement on a status settlement in Kosovo and reiterating its support for High Representative Miroslav Lajcak in advancing key reforms in Bosnia. The Government fully support the efforts by the Troika to find agreement, but will emphasise the importance of the EU being prepared to act in the event agreement is not possible by December 10.
	Georgia
	The Council is expected to discuss recent events in Georgia. The Government welcome this discussion, given the recent developments, including the declaration of a State of Emergency by President Saakashvili in Georgia.
	Joint Session of Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers
	European Security and Defence Policy Conclusions
	The Council is expected to adopt Conclusions under the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) on current operations and missions, capability development including the European Defence Agency, Human Rights Issues and cooperation between the EU and the African Union in Strengthening African Capabilities.
	Chad/Sudan-Darfur
	The Council is expected to discuss the upcoming EU mission to Chad / Central African Republic, including Force Generation for the mission. The Council is also expected to discuss the security situation in Sudan/Darfur, drawing on the ESDP Council Conclusions reaffirming the EU's support for ongoing efforts by the UN and African Union to resolve the conflict in Darfur and welcoming the forthcoming deployment of UN AMID, the UN/African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur. The Government welcome the Conclusions, strongly supporting the need for a comprehensive and regional approach.
	Defence Ministers
	European Defence Agency
	The Head of the European Defence Agency (EDA), Alexander Weis, will brief the Council on the Agency's activities in 2007, before discussing the Agency's agenda in 2008.
	The EDA Steering Board also meets on 19 November and is expected to agree the Agency's 2008 Work Programme. Ministers will also discuss the European Defence Research and Technology Strategy Framework and the Agency's benchmarks.
	Operation EUFOR ALTHEA (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
	The political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has deteriorated over the last year, leading the EU to postpone signature of BiH's Stabilisation and Association Agreement (the first of many steps towards EU membership) in October 2007, following the collapse of police reform talks. The Government believe the EU and the international community should continue to encourage leaders in Bosnia to exercise restraint and to continue to engage in dialogue with each other and with the High Representative.
	The Council is expected to discuss EUFOR Althea, the EU military peacekeeping operation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in light of these recent political developments. The Government support EUFOR remaining at current levels during this period of uncertainty.
	Military Capabilities
	The Council will be briefed on the Headline Goal Progress Catalogue. This represents the finalisation of four years' of work from first instigation of the Headline Goal 2010 through the production of the Requirements Catalogue in 2005, the bidding stage in 2006 and finally the complex analysis of the shortfalls and risks that has been undertaken by the EU Military Staff and Headline-Goal Task Force managed by successive Presidencies. The Government want EU Member States to focus on how to prioritise these shortfalls and decide where to invest resources. We will call for further consultation and cooperation with NATO and for work on improving the EU's Intra-Theatre Transport capability.
	The High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, will present a paper identifying possible areas of improving EU Military Staff in early planning capability.
	Joint session of Development and Defence Ministers
	Development and Security
	The Council will adopt Conclusions on Development and Security in four areas: Strategic Planning, Security Sector Reform, the EU-Africa partnership on Security and Development and Humanitarian Aid. The Government support the ongoing process in the EU to reinforce the Security-Development nexus and will focus on ensuring delivery of an implementation plan and call for follow up during successive Presidencies.
	Development Ministers
	Orientation debate on the effectiveness of EU external action
	The Council is expected to focus on the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership and action plans in advance of the EU Africa Summit on 8 December. Ministers will discuss the consequences and impacts of the strategy on EU external action, on the basis of a Presidency paper. The Government will push for agreement of the strategy and action plans and continues to push for action on Millennium Development Goals, climate change and peace and security. We expect Member States to be supportive of the strategic partnership and its goals, and to commit to implementation of the strategy.
	Towards an EU response to situations of fragility
	The Council will adopt Conclusions on the development of an EU policy and improved practices on the situation of Fragile States. The EU's response to fragile situations is critical as fragile states pose a great challenge, both in terms of the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and in terms of global and regional security. The Government support the implementation of the measures proposed in the Commission's communication to increase coordination and coherence.
	Policy coherence for development
	The Council is expected to adopt Conclusions on policy coherence for development, including on climate change and migration. The discussion is expected to focus on the launch of the EU's first two-yearly report, reporting on the extent to which EU Member States have fulfilled their commitments to integrate development concerns within broader policymaking and highlighting key outstanding issues for the next reporting period.
	Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
	The Council will discuss the Commission's Communication on Economic Partnership Agreements. The core of the Commission's strategy is to agree goods-only agreements this year ahead of the deadline on the 1 January before returning to services and other trade related areas in the future. The Government want to ensure that EPAs deliver on their development potential. The Government will also want to make clear that the African Caribbean and Pacific countries should not be bound to taking commitments on non-goods issues. It is their choice to negotiate on those elements.
	Advancing Agriculture in Africa
	The Council is expected to discuss the Advancing African Agriculture Strategy proposal for continental and regional-level cooperation on agricultural development in Africa, which the Government support. A better aligned and coherent EU response will help Africa to achieve its goal of agricultural-led growth, a more predictable response to dealing with hunger, and be better equipped to respond to the challenges presented by climate change.
	Partnership with Cape Verde
	The Council is expected to discuss a Partnership between the EU and the Republic of Cape Verde, a small Portuguese speaking island off the coast of West Africa. In line with the Cotonou Agreement this anticipates that Cape Verde will become a partner in increased police and judicial cooperation with Europe.
	AOB: Ratification on the Cotonou Partnership Agreement
	EU Member States need to ratify the revised EU's Partnership Agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (known as the 'Cotonou Agreement') and the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), by the end of 2007 in order for both to come into effect. Member States who have not already done so will be encouraged to conclude their ratification processes as soon as possible. The Government completed their ratification process in September.

Alan Johnson: The Independent Sector is playing an important and increasing role within the NHS, providing high quality treatment and choice for patients, and innovation, dynamism and contestability for existing National Health Service providers. Alongside the hard work of staff and in every organisation, the use of the independent sector is an integral part of our success in delivering dramatic falls in waiting times for patients.
	That is why we have taken a number of measures to make better use of the independent sector:
	In the first wave of the independent sector treatment centre (ISTC)programme we established 23 fixed site ISTCs, a mobile ophthalmology service, a mobile MRI scanning service, a chlamydia screening service and six walk-in centres. This investment worth over £1.4 billion has provided nearly 800,000 elective procedures, diagnostic assessments and episodes of primary care to NHS patients and is helping to reduce waiting times in those areas. I am today providing further information on each first wave scheme, including the contract value, volume of activity, case mix by volume and utilisation rates, and in future this data will be published annually.
	There has been rapid growth in patients choosing to be referred to the 129 independent sector hospitals currently registered under the Extended Choice scheme. The value of activity has doubled in the last month alone. From April 2008, all patients referred for an elective procedure will be able to choose to go to any hospital in England which meets NHS standards and price. This already applies for orthopaedics and from December will cover general surgery, gynaecology and cardiology.
	We are procuring additional GP services through the Fairness in Primary Care initiative from a range of providers including the independent sector, and as announced last month we will be inviting bidders for further primary care contracts as we roll out new GP-led health centres and extra GP surgeries in deprived areas. In addition, we are offering primary care trusts the opportunity to use independent sector expertise in developing their commissioning function.
	As I said to the Health Select Committee in July, independent sector procurement will have to meet the local needs of patients and offer sound value for money for taxpayers. Where it meets these requirements we will increase the role of the independent sector in the provision of NHS services.
	The Department has therefore undertaken a thorough revalidation of all the schemes currently being procured nationally through the ISTC programme to ensure they meet these objectives.
	The Director General of the Commercial Directorate has advised that I proceed with the procurement of the following schemes:
	PET CT North Diagnostics (additional CT scans);
	PET CT South Diagnostics (additional CT scans);
	Renal (provision of dialysis treatment);
	Hampshire and Isle of Wight Electives (Southampton element);
	Greater Manchester (B) Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services;
	Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Electives;
	Essex Electives;
	Hertfordshire Electives;
	Greater Manchester (A) Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services; and
	London North Electives.
	I am pleased to announce that three of these: PET-CT North, PET-CT South and the Renal scheme have been approved to move to financial close. The Department will conclude decisions on the remaining schemes no later than the end of March 2008.
	However the director general has concluded that the following schemes should not proceed as they were unlikely to provide acceptable value for money as the local NHS has successfully improved capacity to meet patients' needs. These are:
	North East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire Referral Assessment Diagnostics and Treatment Service;
	North East Diagnostics;
	South East Diagnostics;
	Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge Electives;
	Cumbria and Lancashire Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service; and
	Hampshire and Isle of Wight Electives (Lymington element).
	In addition, the Director General has advised that the contract with Care UK for the provision of diagnostic services in the West Midlands should be terminated because of an unacceptably low rate of use (5 per cent. utilisation to date), and a very low prospect of the utilisation increasing which represents poor value for money to the taxpayer. In short. a significant increase in productivity by local NHS providers has substantially reduced the need for the capacity provided by this scheme with waiting times for most diagnostics reduced from more than one year to currently three weeks on average.
	The reduction in the overall size of the procurement does not represent a change in policy. As I have stated before, we will continue to use the independent sector. However, as I said to the Health Select Committee, we will now move towards greater local procurement of services. This will enable primary care trusts to take procurement decisions quickly on behalf of their patients rather than waiting for a prolonged process run from Whitehall. We believe this will be a more effective route for increasing the quality of the role which the independent sector is able to provide in the NHS.
	To support this move I am announcing today the establishment of an Independent Sector Procurement Forum as a means for Independent and Third Sector providers to advise the Department on policies and practices related to local procurement of clinical services in order to ensure a level playing field.
	The forum will draw on a range of expertise and experience, including Ivan Bradbury of In Health Netcare and Sir Ian Carruthers of the South West Strategic Health Authority.
	The forum will be advisory and act as a channel for the market to communicate and advise the Department on PCT procurement policies and practices.
	We remain committed to choice, to empower patients and drive improvements in the quality of care. For choice to be truly effective, and for all providers to be able to compete fairly, it is essential that all patients are aware that they can now choose the hospital they are referred to. In the run up to the start of free choice, we will raise public awareness of choice through, for example, NHS Choices and other means, as well as encouraging local providers to inform patients about the local choices available to them, and publishing a Code of Promotion to help guide them in this.
	To ensure fairness we will also,
	publish clear competition principles and simple rules for commissioners and providers to apply consistently for all those that provide services on behalf of the NHS, including social enterprise and third sector organisations as well as the independent sector;
	establish a competition panel to provide independent advice on competition issues to SHAs, which they would be excepted to follow working closely with their PCTs. The panel will only consider issues where action to resolve issues have been exhausted; and
	seek to open up membership of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) to many non-NHS providers of NHS care.
	Our approach to the Independent Sector is pragmatic not ideological. Where independent sector providers offer good value for money, innovation, and high quality patient care, we will continue to bring them in to work as part of the family of NHS providers.

Jacqui Smith: Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2007-08 will be reduced by £5,219,311,000, from £14,467,130,000 to £9,247,819,000 and the Administration Budget will be reduced by £204,151,000, from £618,291,000 to £414,140,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -3,239,669 -1,622,375 7,944,143 718,769 8,662,912 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration budget(1) -168.151 -36,000 390,098 24,042 414,140 
			 Near-Cash in RDEL1 -2,804,714 -1,636,592 7,825,226 667,764 8,492,990 
			   
			 Capital(2) -555,144 -20,095 460,955 291,507 752,462 
			 Less Depreciation(3) 215,422 2,550 -115,470 -52,085 -167,555 
			   
			 Total -3,579,391 -1,639,920 8,289,628 958,191 9,247,819 
			 (1) The total of the 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-Cash in Resource DEL' figures may ^ell be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. (2) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but -which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3 )Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	
		
			 £000 
			   Of which: 
			 Sections = relevant Section of the Home Office 200708 Winter Supplementary Estimate  near-cash Admin 
			 Total
			 comprising: - 4,862,044 - 4,441,306 - 204,151 
			 
			 Take up of End-Year Flexibility: 150,000 150,000 0 
			 Programme near-cash to increase National Offender Management Service ("NOMS") HQ (Section G) budget to that agreed between the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice as part of the machinery of government changes. 80,000 80,000 — 
			 Programme near-cash to Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Grants (Section Q) to meet strategic objective 1. 'Help people feel secure in their homes and local communities'. 46,000 46,000 — 
			 Programme near-cash to meet Office of Security and Counter Terrorism's (Section D) strategic objective to protect the public from terrorism. 24,000 24,000 — 
			 
			 DEL Reserve claims: 30,000 30,000 0 
			 Programme near-cash to NOMS HQ (Section G) for additional prison estate funding. 30,000 30,000 — 
			 
			 Machinery of Government changes -5,017,143 -4,616,405 -188,265 
			 
			 On 29th March 2007, the Prime Minister announced that the functions and support costs comprising the National Offender Management Service and the Office for Criminal Justice Reform ("OCJR") would transfer to the newly formed Ministry of Justice with effect from 9th May 2007. Details of the Resource DEL transfers are set out below:
			 
			 NOMS voted DEL, of which: -3,374,648 -2,932,988 -160,053 
			 NOMS HQ (Section G) -1,083,719 - 693,336 -79,718 
			 Prisons - Private Sector (Section H) -248,029 -224,309 - 1,078 
			 Prisons — Public Sector (Section I) -1,985,192 - 1,958,09 - 75,000 
			 Probation HQ (Section J) -57,708 - 57.251 - 4,257 
			 
			 NOMS non-voted DEL -1,271,124 -1,281,224 0 
			 Of which:
			 National Probation Service local area boards (Section AA) -858,541 -858,541 0 
			 Parole Board (Section Z) -7,789 -7,789 0 
			 Youth Justice Board (Section AB) -404,794 -400,794 0 
			 Prisons - Public Sector (Section I) 0 - 14,100 0 
			 
			 OCJR voted DEL, Of which: -130,972 -115,107 -18,903 
			 Criminal Justice Reform (Section F) -130,972 -115,107 -18,903 
			 
			 OCJR non- voted DEL, Of which: -205,863 -252,550 0 
			 Criminal Cases Review Commission (Section AD) -7,274 -6,761 0 
			 Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (Section AC) -198,589 -245,789 0 
			 
			 Central Corporate Services voted DEL -8,936 -8,936 -7,909 
			 Of which: -8,936 -8,936 -7,909 
			 Central Services (Section M)
			 
			 The Respect Task Force transferred to the newly created Department for Children, Schools and Families with effect from the 28th June 2007. Details of the Resource DEL transfers are set out below:
			 
			 Central Corporate Services voted DEL -25,600 -25,600 -1,400 
			 Of which:
			 Central Services (Section M) -10,887 -10,887 -1,400 
			 Other Grants (Section T) -14,713 -14,713 0 
			 
			 Transfers from other Government Departments 5,114 5,114 3,114 
			 
			 Admin near-cash from the Cabinet Office to Central Service (Section M) for expansion of the Parliamentary Counsel Office. 1,610 1,610 1,610 
			 Admin near-cash from the Cabinet Office to Counter Terrorism and Intelligence (Section D) for staff transferring to the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism. 104 104 104 
			 Admin near-cash from the Ministry of Justice to Central Services (Section M) for the general arm of the shared property service. 1,400 1,400 1,400 
			 Programme near-cash from the Department for International Development to the Border and Immigration Agency (Section K) to help failed asylum seekers resettle in their own country. 1,000 1,000 0 
			 Programme near-cash from HM Revenue and Customs for additional agreed funding for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Section X). 1,000 1,000 0 
			 
			 Transfers to other Government Departments: - 30,015 - 30,015 0 
			 
			 Programme near-cash from Police (Section A) to the Ministry of Justice representing a transfer of Criminal Justice System IT (CJSIT) ring fenced funds. - 28,358 - 28,358 0 
			 Programme near-cash from Crime Reduction (Section B) to the Ministry of Justice for the additional costs of implementing the provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Act. - 1,561 - 1,561 0 
			 Programme near-cash from Crime Reduction (Section B) to the Crown Prosecution Service for the additional costs of implementing the provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Act. -96 -96 0 
			 
			 Classification changes: 0 0 - 19,000 
			 
			 Switch from admin to programme non cash (£19,000,000) 0 0 - 19,000 
			 
			 Planning round changes:
			 Planning round changes are in two parts; changes made to reflect the delegated budgets prior to the machinery of Government (MOG) changes and mid year review changes to reflect the Department's changing priorities post MOG.
			 Planning round prior to MOG:
			 Police (Section A) 27,181 27,181 166 
			 Counter Terrorism and Intelligence (Section D) -6,034 -4,434 0 
			 Drugs (Section E) 52,490 52,490 0 
			 Criminal Justice Reform (Section F) 26,123 26,596 0 
			 NOS HQ (Section G) -37,541 -43,941 2,794 
			 Prisons - Private Sector (Section H) -729 -729 0 
			 Prisons - Pubic Sector (Section I) 50,595 32,695 -2,960 
			 Border and Immigration Agency (Section K) -17,990 -18,300 0 
			 Central Services (Section M) - 4,963 - 4,996 9,000 
			 Police Grants (Section O) -60,934 -60,934 0 
			 Other Grants (Section T) 13,963 13,963 0 
			 Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (Section AC) -23,460 20,000 0 
			 National Probation Service local area boards (Section AA) 6,780 6,780 0 
			 Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (Section AE) 590 700 0 
			 Parole Board (Section Z) 1,300 1,300 0 
			 Youth Justice Board (Section AB) -18,371 -19,371 0 
			 Departmental Unallocated Provision -9,000 -9,000 -9,000 
			 Mid-year review post MOG:
			 Police (Section A) 17,000 17,000 0 
			 Counter Terrorism and Intelligence (Section D) -10,000 -7,000 5,000 
			 Border and Immigration Agency (Section K) 20,000 20,000 0 
			 Identity and Passport Service (Section L)  -22,000 19,000 
			 Central Services (Section M) -2,000 17,000 -2,000 
			 Recovered asset CFERs -14,000 -14,000 0 
			 Departmental Unallocated Provision -11,000 -11,000 -22,000 
		
	
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
	
		
			 £000 
			 Sections = relevant Section of the Home Office 200708 Winter Supplementary Estimate Capital 
			 Total  
			 comprising: -575,239 
			   
			 Machinery of Government changes - 560,439 
			   
			 On 29th March 2007, the Prime Minister announced that the functions and support costs comprising the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR) would transfer to the newly formed Ministry of Justice with effect from 9th May 2007. Details of the capital DEL transfers are set out below:  
			   
			 NOMS voted DEL  
			 Of which:  
			 NOMS HQ (Section G) -474,799 
			 Prisons - Public Sector (Section I) - 16,304 
			 Probation HQ (Section J) - 1,800 
			   
			 NOMS non-voted DEL  
			 Of which:  
			 Youth Justice Board (Section AB) -20,000 
			   
			 OCJR voted DEL:  
			 Of which:  
			 Criminal Justice Reform (Section F) -37,441 
			   
			 OCJR non-voted DEL  
			 Of which:  
			 Criminal Case s Review Commission (Section AD) -95 
			   
			 Central Corporate Services voted DEL  
			 Of which:  
			 Central Service (Section M) -10,000 
			   
			 Transfers to other Government Departments: - 14,800 
			   
			 Capital grants from Police (Section A) to the Ministry of Justice representing a transfer of CJSIT ring fenced funds. - 12,200 
			 Capital from Central Services (Section M) to the Ministry of Justice representing a contribution towards building improvement works at a shared service centre. - 2,600 
			   
			 Planning round changes:  
			   
			 Planning round changes made to reflect the delegated budgets prior to the MOG changes:  
			 Criminal Justice Reform (Section F) 575 
			 NOMSHQ (Section G) 44,296 
			 Prisons - Public Sector (Section I) 304 
			 Probation HQ (Section J) 1,100 
			 Border and Immigration Agency (Section K) 31,485 
			 Identity and Passport Agency (Section L) -73,700 
			 Central Services (Section M) 6,000 
			 Police Grants (Section O) - 10,000

John Denham: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary New Estimate, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be £18,087,949,000 and the administration cost budget will be £71,840,000.
	Within the DEL, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			  DEL £'000 
			  Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -3,742,948 19,860,165 16,117,217 
			 Of which :
			 Administration budget(1) 71,840 0 71,840 
			 Near Cash in Resource DEL -5,175,121 19,713,429 14,538,308 
			 Capital DEL(2) -93,408 2,064,140 1,970,732 
			 Less Depreciation (3) -4,567 -128,757 -133,324 
			 Total DEL -3,840,923 21,795,548 17,954,625 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  (2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.  (3)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	Resource DEL
	The increase in the resource element of the DEL of £16,117,217,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL of £3,742,948,000 and an increase of £19,860,165,000 in the non-voted element of resource DEL mainly in the Department's non-departmental public bodies.
	Voted Resource DEL
	The £3,742,948,000 decrease in the voted element of the resource DEL arises from:
	RFR1
	Following the machinery of government (MOG) changes a transfer of £334,202,000 from the Department for Business, Enterprise arid Regulatory Reform (BERR), a net receipt transfer of £4,297,101,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
	A movement to non-voted Department Unallocated Provision of £12,000,000.
	A technical movement of £81,706,000 from non-voted resource DEL to offset original receipt for Higher Education Investment Fund, included as part of the DCSF MOG transfers.
	A technical movement of £301,000 from non-voted resource DEL to amend depreciation and cost of capital totals to agreed Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) limits.
	A transfer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £26,800,000 in respect of the Business Resource Efficiency Waste Programme.
	A transfer of £6,270,000 from the Ministry of Justice for prisoner education costs.
	A transfer of £230,000 to the Ministry of Justice for PICTA.
	RFR2
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £202,104,000 from the BERR.
	A technical movement of £85,000,000 to non-voted resource DEL to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for the Higher Education Investment Fund.
	Non-voted resource DEL
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £2,586,368,000 from the BERR, a transfer of £17,247,858,000 from the DCSF.
	A movement from voted resource DEL to Department Unallocated Provision of £12,000,000.
	A technical movement of £301,000 to voted resource DEL to amend depreciation and cost of capital totals to agreed Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) limits.
	A technical movement of £3,294,000 from voted resource DEL for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for the Higher Education Investment Fund.
	The take up of end year flexibility of £10,946,000 to cover non-cash provision associated with the Research Councils.
	Capital DEL
	The increase in the capital element of the DEL of £1,970,732,000 arises from a £93,408,000 decrease in the voted element of capital DEL and an increase of £2,064,140,000 in the non-voted element of capital DEL.
	Voted Capital DEL
	The £93,408,000 decrease in the voted element of the capital DEL arises from:
	RFR1
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £19,932,000 from the BERR, a net receipt transfer of £456,700,000 from the DCSF.
	A technical movement of £281,970,000 from non-voted capital DEL to offset original receipt for Science, Research Innovation Fund, included as part of the DCSF MOG transfers.
	RFR2
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £299,000,000 from the BERR.
	A technical movement of £281,970,000 to non-voted capital DEL to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for the Science, Research Innovation Fund.
	A transfer of £32,391,000 from BERR voted capital for Science Research Investment Fund.
	A drawdown of EYF of £11,969,000 for capital Science and Research Investment Fund.
	Non-voted Capital DEL
	The £2,064,140,000 increase in the non-voted element of capital DEL arises from:
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £395,569,000 from the BERR, a transfer of £1,622,962,000 from the DCSF.
	A transfer of £45,609,000 from the BERR for capital provision associated with the Research councils.
	Administration Cost Budget
	RfRl
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £14,690,000 from the BERR, a transfer of £43,450,000 from the DCSF.
	A reclassification of £5,200,000 from programme provision to administration in relation to consultancy costs.
	RfR2
	Following the machinery of government changes a transfer of £8,500,000 from the BERR.

Douglas Alexander: As a consequence of budgetary transfers associated with the Winter Supplementary Estimates, the Department for International Development total departmental expenditure limit will be reduced by £4,995,000 from £5,259,352,000 to £5,254,357,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on Resource and Capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £'000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non Voted Voted Non Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -73,000 -4,995 3,810,228 748,889 4,559,117 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget(1)   232,000  232,000 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -73,000 -4,995 3,724,799 764,939 4,489,738 
			 Capital DEL 73,000 - 716,250 - 716,250 
			 Less Depreciation(2) .  -21,010 . -21,010 
			 Total DEL - -4,995 4,505,468 748,889 5,254,357 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  (2 )Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The net change in the Resource element of DEL arises from:
	Additions
	£10,000 transferred from the Cabinet Office in respect of DFID's use of the Parliamentary Council's Office.
	Reductions
	£1,000,000 transferred to the Home Office; as a contribution to funds for migration projects
	A Transfer of Global Conflict Prevention Pool to Foreign and Commonwealth office of £3,000,000 for quick impact projects in Helmand Province Afghanistan.
	A Transfer to Department for Culture, Media and Sport for £1,000,000 in relation to the London 2012 International Sport Development Initiative.
	A Transfer to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £5,000 which relates to a shortfall from a previous transfer made relating to Montreal Protocol.
	A reduction of £73,000,000 arising from a reclassification of debt relief payments from current grants to capital grants.
	The net change in the Capital element of DEL arises from:
	Additions
	An increase of £73,000,000 arising from a reclassification of debt relief payments from current grants to capital grants.

Jack Straw: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Northern Ireland Court Service and The National Archives Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased as follows:
	Total DEL for Ministry of Justice (RfRl, 2 & 3) will be increased by £5,843,241,000 from £3,784,762,000 to £9,628,003,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £189,180,000 from £523,536,000 to £712,716,000.
	Total DEL for the Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) will be reduced by (£1,749,000) from £132,319,000 to £130,570,000 and there is no change in administration budget.
	Total DEL for The National Archives (TNA) will be increased by £3,379,000 from £44,161,000 to £47,540,000 and the administration budget will be reduced by (£43,711,000) due to a reclassification from administration to programme budget.
	Within the Total DEL change for Ministry of Justice (RfRl, 2 & 3), the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £'000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 4,057,099 1,324,762 5,807,626 3,356,562 9,164,188 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget(1) 189,180 0 712,716 0 712,716 
			 Near-cash in RDEL 3,189,394 1,599,549 4,657,358 3,866,348 8,523,706 
			 Capital(2) 636,913 27,055 771,648 30,055 801,703 
			 Less Depreciation(3) -196,635 -5,953 -331,934 -5,954 -337,888 
			 Total DEL 4,497,377 1,345,864 6,247,340 3,380,663 9,628,003 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.  (2)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource and capital element of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) DEL arises from:
	RfRl: To promote the development of a modern, fair, cost effective and efficient system of justice for all.
	Resource Change; Admin (total increase of £189,133,000)
	Machinery of Government Transfers:
	Increase of £160,053,000 in resource in relation to the transfer of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) from the Home Office.
	Increase of £18,903,000 in resource in relation to the transfer of the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR) from the Home Office
	Increase of £7,909,000 in resource in relation to the transfer of Corporate Services from the Home Office.
	Increase of £2,268,000 in resource in relation to the transfer of the Privy Council Secretariat and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Privy Council Office.
	Resource Change: Admin (total decrease of £485.000)
	Decrease £485,000 in resource in relation to the transfer of the responsibility for the audit of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) by HM Inspectorate of Court Administration, to the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) in the Department of Children Schools and Families.
	Resource Change; Programme (total increase of £5,218,287,000
	Machinery of Government Transfers:
	Increase of £4,485,719,000 in resource in relation to the transfer of NOMS from the Home Office.
	Increase of £317,932,000 in resource in relation to the transfer of the OCJR from the Home Office.
	Increase of £1,027,000 in resource in relation to the transfer of Corporate Services from the Home Office.
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
	Increase of £70,000,000 in resource in relation to the Modernisation Fund.
	Increase of £52,000,000 in resource in relation to funding for the Service Upgrade Project (SUPS), PROGRESS and other Projects.
	Increase of £30,000,000 in resource in relation to the Reform and Modernisation Programme (RAMP).
	Increase of £28,000,000 in resource in relation to Elections funding.
	Other Increases:
	Increase of £192,000,000 in resource in relation to an uplift of non-cash in the CSR07 baseline.
	Increase of £21,675,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the National Policing Improvement Authority, part of the Home Office to NOMS in relation to NOMIS Project.
	Increase of £11,650,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Home Office to the Youth Justice Board in relation to the Criminal Justice IT (CJIT) funding.
	Increase of £2,563,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Home Office to OCJR in relation to CJIT funding.
	Increase of £2,470,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Home Office to be transferred on to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in relation to CJIT funding.
	Increase of £1,561,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Home Office in relation to the Violent Crime Reduction Act.
	Increase of £685,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
	Increase of £774,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the DIUS to NOMS in relation to Learning and Skills costs for Immigration Removal Centres.
	Increase of £230,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) to NOMS in relation to Police ICT Academy costs.
	Increase of £1,000 in resource in relation to an increase in Grant to the Information Commissioners' Office (ICO).
	Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of (£25,606,000)
	Other Decreases:
	Decrease of £12,783,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the CPS in relation to CJIT funding.
	Decrease of £6,270,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the DIUS in relation to prisoner education costs.
	Decrease of £2,225,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the Department for Communities and Local Government - Government Equalities Office in respect of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
	Decrease of £1,400,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the Home Office in relation to Property Group.
	Decrease of £1,291,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the CPS in relation Local Criminal Justice Boards.
	Decrease of £635,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the Department of Health in relation to prisoner healthcare costs.
	Decrease of £539,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the CPS in relation to PROGRESS funding.
	Decrease of £245,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the Welsh Assembly in relation to the health funds for Wales.
	Decrease of £218,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer to the CPS in relation to violent crime reduction.
	Capital Change (total increase of £663,968,000)
	Machinery of Government Transfer:
	Increase of £512,903,000 in capital in relation to the transfer of NOMS from the Home Office.
	Increase of £37,536,000 in capital in relation to the transfer of the OCJR from the Home Office.
	Increase of £10,000,000 in capital in relation to the transfer of Corporate Services from the Home Office.
	Increase of £87,000 in capital in relation to the transfer of the Privy Council Secretariat and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Privy Council Office.
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
	Increase of £30,000,000 in ring fence capital funding in relation to the Reform and Modernisation Programme (RAMP).
	Other Increases:
	Increase of £50,000,000 in capital in relation to an uplift in CSR07 baseline.
	Increase of £17,482,000 in capital in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Home Office to NOMS in relation to CJIT funding.
	Increase of £3,960,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Home Office to the Youth Justice Board in relation to capital CJIT funding
	Increase of £2,000,000 in capital DEL in relation to CORE Capital Grants.
	RfR2: Overseeing the effective operation of the devolution settlement in Scotland and representing the interests of Scotland in the UK Government.
	Resource Change: Admin (total increase of £56,000)
	Other Increases:
	Increase of £56,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Scottish Parliament in relation to information technology costs.
	RIR3: To support the Secretary of State in discharging his role of representing Wales in the UK Government, representing the UK Government in Wales and ensuring the smooth running of the devolution settlement in Wales
	Resource Change: Admin (total increase of £476,000)
	Other Increases:
	Increase of £226,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
	Increase of £220,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Welsh Assembly in relation to a non-cash requirement to cover increased impairment charges.
	Increase of £30,000 in resource in relation to a budgetary transfer from the Welsh Assembly in relation to Lords Lieutenant costs.
	There is no change in the capital element ofRfR2 and RfR3 DEL
	Within the Total DEL change for Northern Ireland Court Service, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £'000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -130 871 53,381 79,799 133,180 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget(1) 0 0 2,311 0 2,311 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -3,630 3,630 38,706 75,928 114,634 
			 Capital(2) 0 10 6,000 10 6,010 
			 Less Depreciation(2) -2,500 0 -8,600 -20 -8,620 
			 Total DEL -2.630 881 50,781 79,789 130,570 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. (2 )Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource and capital element of the Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) DEL arises from:
	Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £871,000)
	Other Increases:
	Increase of £741,000 in non-voted resource relating to a Machinery of Government transfer from the Northern Ireland Office to cover spending by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel of Northern Ireland when transferred from the Northern Ireland Office on 1 December 2007.
	Increase of £130,000 in non-voted resource relating to an increase in the grant in aid paid to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.
	Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of £130.000)
	Other Decreases:
	Decrease of £130,000 in resource to finance an increase in grant in aid paid to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.
	Capital Change (total increase of £10,000)
	Other Increases:
	Increase of £10,000 in capital arises from the transfer of capital spending of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals panel of Northern Ireland when transferred from the Northern Ireland Office on 1 December 2007.
	Within the Total DEL change for The National Archives, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £'000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 1 0 44,940 0 44,490 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget(1) -43,711 0 0 0 0 
			 Near-cash in RDEL 0 0 35,471 0 35,471 
			 Capital(2) 4,285 0 7,600 0 7,600 
			 Less Depreciation(2) -907 0 -5,000 0 -5,000 
			 Total DEL 3,379 0 47,540 0 47,540 
			 (1)The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. (2 )Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource and capital element of The National Archives DEL arises from:
	Resource Change: Admin (total decrease of £46,015.000)
	Other decreases:
	Decrease of £42,852,000 in resource in relation to a transfer from administration budget to programme in respect of Public Records Office following a review of the categorisation of the budget that deemed it appropriate to reclassify administration spend as programme.
	Decrease of £2,016,000 in resource in relation to a transfer from administration budget to programme in respect of the Office of Public Sector Information following a review of the categorisation of the budget that deemed it appropriate to reclassify administration spend as programme.
	Decrease of £1,147,000 in resource in relation to a transfer from administration budget to programme in respect of Historical Manuscripts Commission following a review of the categorisation of the budget that deemed it appropriate to reclassify administration spend as programme.
	Appropriation in Aid (A-in-A) Change: Admin (total decrease of £2,304,000)
	Decrease of £2,304,000 in A-in-A in relation to a reclassification of income from administration spend to programme.
	Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £46,016,000)
	Other Increases:
	Increase of £42,852,000 in resource in relation to a transfer from the administration budget to programme in respect of Public Records Office following a review of the of the categorisation of the budget that deemed it appropriate to reclassify administration spend as programme.
	Increase of £2,016,000 in resource in relation to a transfer from administration budget to programme in respect of the Office of Public Sector Information following a review of the categorisation of the budget that deemed it appropriate to reclassify administration spend as programme.
	Increase of £1,147,000 in resource in relation to a transfer from administration budget to programme in respect of Historical Manuscripts Commission following a review of the categorisation of the budget that deemed it appropriate to reclassify administration spend as programme.
	A token increase in resource of £1,000 reflecting the increase in gross resource of £5,142,000 and an increase in operating Appropriations in Aid (AinA) of £5,141,000 to cover increased service delivery costs and activity.
	Appropriation in Aid (A-in-A) Change: Programme (total increase of £2,304,000)
	Increase of £2,304,000 in A-in-A in relation to a reclassification of income from admin spend to programme
	Capital Change (total increase of £4,285,000)
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
	Increase of £4,285,000 in capital in relation to improvements to facilities at Kew.

Gordon Brown: I have appointed Sir Stephen Wall to write volume 11 of the Official History of the UK Accession to the European Union.

Ruth Kelly: Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2007-08 will be increased by £197,841,000 from £12,907,737,000 to £13,105,578,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £30,087,000 from £259,297,000 to £289,384,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital, are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			  £'000 
			  Change in DEL New DEL  
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			   
			 Resource: 198,788 22,305 6,451,490 473,987 6,925,477 
			 Of Which:  
			 Administration 30,711 -624 285,181 4,203 289,384 
			 Near cash in RDEL 204,388 16,705 5,790,429 638,402 6,428,831 
			 Capital 247,829 -264,829 5,437,836 1,105,542 6,543,378 
			 LESS Depreciation(1) -1,000 -5,252 -357,709 -5,568 -363,277 
			 Total 445,617 -247,776 11,531,617 1,573,961 13,105,578 
			 (1)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £30,087,000)
	Voted: total increase of £30,711,000.
	RfRl
	(i) Reclassification of certain consultancies from programme to administration (£38,288,000);
	(ii) Near cash transfer from the Cabinet Office for the Department's share of the Parliamentary Counsel Office costs (£292,000);
	(iii) Partially offset by reclassification of front line activities from administration to programme for transport security (£7,523,000 near cash and £346,000 non cash).
	Non Voted: total decrease of £624,000.
	(i) Near cash transfer from administration non voted provision to the Department for Communities and Local Government as a contribution towards Government Offices' voluntary severance costs (£624,000).
	Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £191,006,000)
	Voted: total increase of £168,077,000
	(i) Take up of £ 178,272,000 near cash end year flexibility covering:
	a) rail franchising costs (£136,858,000);
	b) Transport for London (£ 10,030,000);
	c) support for the introduction of a national concessionary fares scheme (£20,384,000); and
	d) lower than expected Vehicle Excise Duty enforcement receipts (£11,000,000).
	(ii) Near cash increase of £15,000,000 to reflect the reclassification of Vehicle Excise Duty enforcement; receipts following the end of the netting off scheme from 2007-08;
	(iii) A net transfer from non-voted resource provision of £14,171,000 comprising:
	a) near cash cover for lower than expected Vehicle Excise Duty enforcement receipts (£8,150,000);
	b) additional near cash enforcement work including tackling identity fraud, targeted roadworthiness roadside checks and enforcing compliance with Driver hours directive (£3,800,000);
	c) an increase in non-cash provision for the Driving Standards Agency trading fund to cover increased cost of capital charges (£600,000);
	d) an increase in non-cash provision for the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency trading fund to meet increased cost of capital charges (£1,700,000);
	e) an increase in near cash provision for rail franchising costs (£163,000);
	f) a near cash transfer of £7,900,000 to rail franchising from a reduction in utilisation of rail provision fully offset by an equivalent non cash transfer; all partially offset by:
	g) a near cash transfer to non-voted provision for the Rail Passenger Council (£242,000).
	(iv) A transfer from administration to reflect reclassification of front line activities from administration to programme for transport security (£7,869,000);
	(v) Partially offset by:
	a) a near cash transfer to administration to reflect reclassification of certain consultancies (£38,288,000); and
	b) a near cash transfer to the Scottish Executive for rail services (£8,947,000).
	Non voted: total increase of £22,929,000
	(i) Take up of £37,100,000 near cash end year flexibility to replace non-voted provision used to ensure that the Main Estimates correctly reflected the level of GLA Transport Grant; partially offset by
	(ii) A net transfer to voted resource provision of £ 14,171,000.
	Capital change (total decrease of £17,000,000)
	Voted: total increase of £247,829,000
	(i) A transfer from non-voted capital provision of £264,829,000 comprising;
	(a) a transfer from departmental unallocated provision to Network Rail capital grants (£168,000,000);
	(b) a transfer from London and Continental Railways to Network Rail capital grants (£66,167,000);
	(c) a transfer from British Transport Police to Network Rail capital grants (£2,500,000); and
	(d) a reclassification from credit approvals to capital grant for local authorities' de-trunking (£35,362,000); partially offset by
	(e) a transfer from the Driver and Vehicle Operators loan pool to investment for ongoing Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency projects (£7,200,000);
	(ii) A transfer to the Scottish Executive for rail services (£17,000,000).
	Non-voted: total decrease of £264,829,000 reflecting a net transfer to voted capital provision.